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W; J. WALTERS.

CUFF HOLDER.

No. 376,457. Patented Jan. 17, 1888.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. WALTERS, OF PROSPECT, NEW YORK.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,457, dated January 17, 1888.

Application filed J nne3, 1887. Serial No. 240,143. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. WALTERS, of Prospect, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in cud-holders, and has for its object to provide a device quickly and conveniently applied to a cuff,whereby the same may be securely held in position upon the wrist, and which holder may be simply and cheaply constructed, and is of neat appearance;

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the complete device, illustrating its application to a cuff, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the holder unattached, and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the same.

In carrying out the invention the holder is preferably made in three integral partsuamely,the head A,the shank B,and the tie B. The tie B is adapted for attachment to the piece of elastic O, or other suitable or equivalent material, carrying at one end any approved form of a spring snap, D, for attachment to a shirt. The tie B consists of aligning-wings b,proj ecting from each side the shank at right angles thereto, and a pointed tongue, I), in the same plane with said shank, extending rearward integral with the inner central edges of the aforesaid wings, as shown in Fig. 3.

The shank B is madestraight at its intersec- (ion with the tie, but as it projects forward to a connection with the head A, an edge view of the shank would present a wave-line, whereby it is formed with the upper surface depression, d,and convexity d. Where the shankj oins the head it again assumes a straight line, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The head A and the shank form more or less the letter T, the said head extending outward upon each side at right angles to the shank, terminating at the extremities in rearwardly and inwardly projecting semi-spherical tabs (1. Between the inner edges of said tabs and the outer edges of the shank U shaped spacesa are provided, as seen in Fig. 3. The head A, at each side the shank, is bent outwardly and down to form the irregular depression a, and the said tabs are thereby raised above the plane of the central portion of the head, and also above the plane of the shank. In attaching the holder to an elastic strip,G, or a strip of any pliable material carrying a clip, D, as aforesaid, the tongue b is inserted in thestrip centrally near one edge and bent over upon itself and upon the under face of the strip, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the wings being bent over upon themselves to clamp or bind transversely the sides of the strip. I

' When inserting the holder in the buttonhole of a cuff, one tab (1 is preferably entered first, and then the next. Both tabs being ontered, the shank and tie at their junction lie flatly upon the inner side of the end, and the outer or upper portion of the shank flatly upon .the outside of the cuff, while the tabs are at a slight elevation above the same at their outer ends. Vhen the device is, however, pulled down to itsproper position,the tabs pass over the projecting lower edge of the button-hole and rest upon the surface of the end surrounding said hole, the lower edge of the same near each end coming in contact with the upper wall of the U Whaped spaces a, or the inner edge of the'head, as shownin Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,an'.i desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A holder for cuffs, constructed in one piece, consisting of the head A, provided with inwardly and upwardly projecting tabs a, the shank B, slightly concavo-convex near the center, and the tie B,'connected with said head by the shank, substantially as herein setforth.

2. A holder for cuffs, constructed of one piece, consisting of the head A,provided with inwardly and upwardly projecting tabs a and recesses a, the shank B, having a concavity, d, and convexity d near the center, and a tie, B, whereby the holder is attached to the strip O,consisting ofthewings b, and pointed tongue b, all arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

WIL IAM J. WALTERS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. J oNEs, O. F. WALTERS. 

